Freeze politicians' pay rises as well as ours

CHOICE: Agnes women will have the choice of using a male or female doctor.Gladstone Observer

I AM a pensioner who worked hard to raise and educate a doctor, who bulk bills as many patients as possible

Eight years of medical training and mandatory internship, and many years of the the incurred future repayments of HECS debt delayed marriage and starting a family.

I am well aware that a GP's remuneration has been frozen at the 2014 level, and our Coalition government is now apparently supporting a further rebates freeze for doctors' visits from November 1 till at least 2020.

However, during these past years of frozen GP rebates payments, and during the proposed continued freeze till 2020, the salaries and allowances of our elected government representatives will have been annually increased.

In all fairness, I believe that the 'fee funding' model must also apply to the remuneration of all our politicians.

When that legislative proposal is brought forward for consideration by our elected representatives as a 'bundled' Bill, I shall feel slightly mollified, though as a carefully budgeting senior, I may well have to postpone consultation with my doctor in what could be life threatening moves.